14 Birks Wood Drive, Oughtibridge, Sheffield, S35 0HY

14 Birks Wood Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Oughtibridge, Sheffield, Sheffield (S35 0HY). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2019 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 65 m² it's 15.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (77 m² median across 21 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £291,000 is 11.9% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£372/sq ft) was about 91.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £260,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.